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SoilsForLife
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Soils For Life is a non-for-profit organization which acts as a knowledge broker and champion of diverse regenerative agricultural systems. We support farmers in regenerating soils and landscapes for the benefit of all Australians.
www.soilsforlife.org.au
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Cropping Convo with Graeme Sait on Plant Nutrition
Our Cropping Convos - "Ask me anything" series are an opportunity to connect with a range of agronomists, agroecologists, and consultants over a casual Zoom call with other grain growers. Farmers can ask their burning questions and discuss their challenges over a range of topics including multispecies, plant nutrition, reducing fungicides, and integrating livestock.
This Cropping Convo with Graeme Sait was on the topic of plant nutrition.
Graeme is the CEO and co-founder of Nutri-Tech Solutions, and an educator specialising in soil, plant, and animal and human health. Graeme's work has had a major impact on farmers, consultants, governments and key decision makers worldwide.
Cropping Convos are part of our Cropping Resilience project, partly funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.
This Cropping Convo with Graeme Sait was on the topic of plant nutrition.
Graeme is the CEO and co-founder of Nutri-Tech Solutions, and an educator specialising in soil, plant, and animal and human health. Graeme's work has had a major impact on farmers, consultants, governments and key decision makers worldwide.
Cropping Convos are part of our Cropping Resilience project, partly funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.
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Cropping Convo with Jade Killoran on Multispecies Cropping
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Our Cropping Convos - "Ask me anything" series are an opportunity to connect with a range of agronomists, agroecologists, and consultants over a casual Zoom call with other grain growers. Farmers can ask their burning questions and discuss their challenges over a range of topics including multispecies, plant nutrition, reducing fungicides, and integrating livestock. This Cropping Convo with Jad...
Cropping Convo with Joel Williams on Reducing Insecticides and Fungicides
zhlédnutí 80Před 4 hodinami
Our Cropping Convos - "Ask me anything" series are an opportunity to connect with a range of agronomists, agroecologists, and consultants over a casual Zoom call with other grain growers. Farmers can ask their burning questions and discuss their challenges over a range of topics including multispecies, plant nutrition, reducing fungicides, and integrating livestock. This Cropping Convo with Joe...
Cropping Convo with David Bushell on managing complexity in mixed farming systems
zhlédnutí 24Před 4 hodinami
Our Cropping Convos - "Ask me anything" series are an opportunity to connect with a range of agronomists, agroecologists, and consultants over a casual Zoom call with other grain growers. Farmers can can ask their burning questions and discuss their challenges over a range of topics including multispecies, plant nutrition, reducing fungicides, and integrating livestock. This Cropping Convo with...
Cropping Convo with Bec Hamersley on Johnson Su Composting at Scale
zhlédnutí 123Před 4 hodinami
Our Cropping Convos - "Ask me anything" series are an opportunity to connect with a range of agronomists, agroecologists, and consultants over a casual Zoom call with other grain growers. Farmers can ask their burning questions and discuss their challenges over a range of topics including multispecies, plant nutrition, reducing fungicides, and integrating livestock. This Cropping Convo with Bec...
Behind the scenes of Goodies Farm, with Penny Goodwin
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Taking the first steps into regenerative agriculture can be intimidating. In this episode of the Soils for Life podcast, Eli Court has a chat with Penny Goodwin from Goodies Farm in Kendenup, WA Goodies Farm grows an incredible variety of crops, with minimal inputs, and is an integral part of the south west WA food system. While things can look nice and shiny on the outside, Penny very generous...
Webinar: Tracking Soil Health with Nicole Masters and Soilmentor
zhlédnutí 818Před měsícem
More than 90 farmers and others joined our ‘Tracking Soil Health’ webinar today with renowned agroecologist and coach Nicole Masters from Integrity Soils and the Vidacycle team! Nicole discussed the soils and observations of three cropping farms from across Australia using the Soilmentor app and its regenerative indicators. Nicole dug into the soils of three Australian grain growers to look at ...
The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project - Soil Monitoring
zhlédnutí 163Před 2 měsíci
The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project - Soil Monitoring
The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project
zhlédnutí 129Před 2 měsíci
About the project The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project aims to support producers in adopting drought resilient practices and enhance their landscape and soil monitoring capabilities. The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project (the Riverina Project) is led by Riverina Local Land Services. It is supporting 15 producers to adopt one of three well-established...
The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project - Native Shelterbelts
zhlédnutí 124Před 2 měsíci
About the project The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project aims to support producers in adopting drought resilient practices and enhance their landscape and soil monitoring capabilities. The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project (the Riverina Project) is led by Riverina Local Land Services. It is supporting 15 producers to adopt one of three well-established...
The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project - Stock Management Areas
zhlédnutí 126Před 2 měsíci
Stock Management Areas Stock Management Areas (SMA) are designed to manage grazing pressure and groundcover. To help rest pastures, a SMA can be used to contain and feed stock to maintain bodyweight and the health of the herd. In addition, SMAs can help stock management during dry conditions by reducing grazing pressure to preserve groundcover, topsoil and nutrients to maintain the water holdin...
The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project - Farm Dams
zhlédnutí 346Před 2 měsíci
About the project The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project aims to support producers in adopting drought resilient practices and enhance their landscape and soil monitoring capabilities. The Riverina Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes project (the Riverina Project) is led by Riverina Local Land Services. It is supporting 15 producers to adopt one of three well-established...
Special launch event with Dan Kittredge.
zhlédnutí 371Před 3 měsíci
We've launched of our 10 year Impact Report, which tells the incredible story of Soils for Life’s first decade. The report is available on our website, hot off the virtual press! We hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed putting it together, and please feel free to share. Find it at soilsforlife.org.au To celebrate, we talked with the amazing Dan Kittredge from the Bionutrient Food Ass...
Rain ready rangelands: Staggering potential on a vast scale
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The United Nations General Assembly recently voted 2026 as the International Year of the Rangelands and Pastoralists. An incredible 81 percent of Australia is considered rangelands, and despite the sometimes challenging conditions, the opportunities for landscape repair through agriculture are immense. In this episode, we hear from three farmers who all grew up in the semi-arid rangelands with ...
Small Steps for Big Change in Cropping, with Joel Williams
zhlédnutí 215Před 6 měsíci
In this episode we talk with Joel Williams about how growers can start weaning off costly chemical inputs, rules of thumb for seed treatments and foliar sprays, why he likes tweaks and incremental improvements, the growing scientific evidence behind regenerative farming practices and more! Joel Williams is an independent plant and soil health educator based in Canada, working on soil management...
You are what you eat… and the soil it’s grown in: Is soil the key to better human health?
zhlédnutí 187Před 7 měsíci
You are what you eat… and the soil it’s grown in: Is soil the key to better human health?
Soil Health Challenge - Webinar #2 - Sharing and discussing results
zhlédnutí 257Před 9 měsíci
Soil Health Challenge - Webinar #2 - Sharing and discussing results
Soils for Life Podcast | My father and other animals: A chat with Sam Vincent
zhlédnutí 190Před 9 měsíci
Soils for Life Podcast | My father and other animals: A chat with Sam Vincent
Soil Health Challenge - Webinar #1 - How to do the five easy soil health assessments
zhlédnutí 384Před 10 měsíci
Soil Health Challenge - Webinar #1 - How to do the five easy soil health assessments
Soils for Life Podcast Episode| Mick Green and Rachel Ward on the power of getting started
zhlédnutí 240Před rokem
Soils for Life Podcast Episode| Mick Green and Rachel Ward on the power of getting started
Soils for Life Podcast Episode 8: From mono culture to poly culture
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Soils for Life Podcast Episode 8: From mono culture to poly culture
Russell Young at Young Seeds - Practice and Outcomes
zhlédnutí 332Před rokem
Russell Young at Young Seeds - Practice and Outcomes
Bruce Maynard at Willydah - Practices and outcomes
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Bruce Maynard at Willydah - Practices and outcomes
Josh & Peri McIntosh at Border Park Organics - Practices and outcomes
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Josh & Peri McIntosh at Border Park Organics - Practices and outcomes
Rob & Judi Hetherington at Walma - Farming practices and outcomes
zhlédnutí 537Před rokem
Rob & Judi Hetherington at Walma - Farming practices and outcomes
Soils For Life Webinar - Plant Sap Testing and Analysis
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed rokem
Soils For Life Webinar - Plant Sap Testing and Analysis
Soils For Life Webinar - Trials with Alternative Fertilisers
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed rokem
Soils For Life Webinar - Trials with Alternative Fertilisers
Soils for Life Webinar - Nicole Masters and Soil Mentor App
zhlédnutí 891Před rokem
Soils for Life Webinar - Nicole Masters and Soil Mentor App
Di Haggerty - "400 ewes chose the native grains paddock to birth, and not a single lamb was lost"
zhlédnutí 550Před rokem
Di Haggerty - "400 ewes chose the native grains paddock to birth, and not a single lamb was lost"
Soils for Life Podcast Episode 1: "Soil carbon market supporting farmers to regenerate soils."
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Soils for Life Podcast Episode 1: "Soil carbon market supporting farmers to regenerate soils."
Why the holes in the tubes if they are pulled after a couple of days? what is the worm population difference between the j-su and the vermicompost? Or the difference between the the composts in general?
Bruv, with JS we put the starter material in totally soaked & because of the density & immediate actinomycetes bonding, yes you're right, you can pull the pipes the next day ..... but like Bec said, other farm priorities got in the way of that ..... and on that group of farms, the job the following day may have been 200-300km away. The reactor sits on a pallet, allowing air in at base. That soaked material gains heat very quickly, creating air convection from bottom to top ..... and if unsure because of other tasks, the pipe holes at least allow SOME air flow ..... not 100% necessary, but a feel-good touch. Worms are not added until the thermophilic phase is complete ..... for me, that's a month ..... instead of 40 reactors at once, I choose to make 1 per month & making the new ones triggers the ol' brain cells to add worms to the last one. So the 1st month of my reactors is completely microbiology ..... and there is the 1st difference to a worm farm : a thermophilic phase & a nil worm period. The 2nd difference is that I add just a handful of 4 composting worm varieties to reactors that are 1-2 cubic metres. So worms per square inch definitely differs to my worm farms. The 3rd difference is I run worm farms @ 50% moisture & JS reactors @ 70% moisture ..... that higher moisture content maintains fluid pathways for the micro critters & hence ensures micro processing is greater than vermi processing. The 4th difference is air flow. JS reactors created to spec are able to gain more air flow than many worm farm designs. The final major processing difference is time. Worm farms can process quicker. We purposefully leave JS reactors down with a 12-14 month aim to maturity, meaning that it's the reproductive parts of micro critters that we harvest, with less emphasis on the living micro critters like in a worm farm.
@@ploughboy6356 Many Many thanks for that reply. I am looking at initiating the extra air venting system into my vermicomosting. I aim to keep the beds at around 70% H2O, and add around 4000 per 1 Cu/mtr. I do thermophilic and static, and trialing bokashi for vermi inputs to see which is more effective, ease and time to produce, biology levels (microscopy), and worm preference. I have followed the J-Su system for a while, but this provides some detail that was always lacking. I do see the protists, fungi and nematode numbers drop significantly over time. But keen to see if the bacteria still provide a super start up once applied. And trialing another process which is yet to be confirmed. Cheers, Thanks again
@@666bruv I've heard good reports re the recipe you've described (typically from SFW loyalists). It's fine to aim for protists & if you follow a JS under a scope monthly across the 12 months, you'll find that it has everything that other aerobic composts do at comparable times. The reason the JS is my favourite of the 9 composting methods that we use is : 1) maturity - the fact I'm spreading reproductive parts rather than live microbes allows me to apply at greater spray pressures using JS extract & ensures that the balance I saw under the scope pre-application, is the balance I'm applying. And 2) the clincher for me - the maturity levels of JS allow me to treat the microbes as a secondary benefit, while I focus on delivering the humates, the enzymes, the metabolites, the chemcial signals that you only get from mature composts.
@@ploughboy6356 right on. I'm a SFW lab tech. And those aims you mention, are what I have been taking notice of for those application reasons, similar to what nutrisoil talk of.
New AgrowDrill AD340 could do 2 depths, hydraulic valve change would give different depth on each tool bar if it doesn't do it standard
An example of why scientists cannot lead in Regen Ag. The 5 basics (no till, armour, living/biodiverse roots, animal impact) are understood to be the substance of Regen practice. Constant testing and keeping precise records is time-consuming and can only serve to reaffirm what the naked eye can see in the quantity and quality of life above ground. As Roger Savory clearly argues: data from decades cannot reliably inform practitioners in *non-closed systems such is nature.* The professional farmer (basic #6?) employs compost-derived amendments to accelerate the Regen process, preferably home-grown using the variety of methods, to find those that suit his patch of paradise.
I think you are partly right, the frequent life, the intimacy of life in the processes of indigenous farm activities gives you a qualitative awareness. But scientific tools give you the ways to change the causes of these quality responses, allowing you to be directional towards an improvement and give a push towards an expected and programmed response. You cannot be at both extremes of the processes.
@@trinidadmoncada2429 Yeah, I did say 'lead'. Agronomy in general would suggest turning a degraded property into cells to see what works, but that cannot provide relevance because the next season's metrics will be different (Roger Savory). Applying the 5 fundamentals begin the Regen process immediately.
Your solution is easy, H2CO3 carbonic acid, which is made by Mother Nature.
Now I think if your pH is high the problem is your Carbon in that part of the 4.5 to 5.5 inches of depth, and the hydrogen potential is low. There is an imbalance in C:N.
And if you expect worm colonies you won't see them, because you maintain EC greater than 2.5 ds/m r and the worm doesn't find it a pleasant environment.
I believe that for the crack in the soil where the root follows its route, the crack or fissure occurs very frequently due to expansions and contractions of clays in these vertisol soils. The time between the saturated soil and the physical contraction resulting from moisture loss is very short, between that period the fissures are very frequently present.
Big Congratulations to all those working on the report. I really hope Dan's work can get mainstreamed. The findings are quite shocking.
Fabulous work
It’s true soil is priceless. In my town arborist mulch is free and you can order unlimited. People kinda look at me like I’m weird. I’ve been spreading it over my land and it’s insane how much the land has already changed. 6 inches of mulch completely changes a depleted ecosystem believe it or not.
8:49 every 1% , 160mil ltrs retencion
It seems Rebecca has gone (nearly) full circle in returning to the South West Slopes...I've just been listening to one of her broadcasts on 2AY Albury as a freshly minted AFTRS graduate in 1985! It's funny how life works out.
I've noticed a very disturbing phenomenon, CZcams is putting climate change informational warnings on all permaculture and regenerative farming videos. The USSA is absolutely under assault by the globalists and Marxist cabal.
The Savory Institute
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently work hard to care for the soil.
I abs love this mini doc. When we fix the soils, we will fix the agricultural system and eventually the health of the citizens. It's what Dr. Robert Lustig, MD says, that the health of a nation's people is a matter of national security and it must be everyone's top priority.
Excellent video
Great encouragement. David, James, Courtney, could one of you provide constructive criticism on my measurement timings please ? Rather than a specific fortnight, I take my annual measurements at pasture seed fill (so that could be Sept/Oct/Nov for my region) to monitor soil chem, soil bio & plant tissue results.
Hi Plough Boy, for this project we set the specific fortnights to support people completing the challenge - so that doing the measurements couldn't be put off til later. A key thing when recording the measurements is any observations about seasonal conditions etc that help put the results in context. If you are recording these observations as well, and you have a system that works for you, I reckon that's great.
How can we contact Costa or a guru to inform them of a great succulent farm on the Central coast which would be a great tv programme
Can a tyne drill with coulters be used for this technique?
*PromoSM* 🤩
A great podcast 👍✌️
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Gratitude this is a very easy to understand information about the Soil Health and Healthy Food
Amen!
we will have to learn eventualy
Keep Up the great soil asset work .Vert exciting times for the improvement of food and fibre production
Any wood with moisture and white ant's becomes great compost with a little grass and time dig some infiltratetion pits and fill them with wood grass and leaves bug's and let them make it for you
Infiltratetion pits up hill of paddock with trees leaves and grasses manure dead animals helps Fungal growth and spread ✌️👍🤘als somewhere for fungi and worms to hide in dryer times 👏
A on farm organic mater Johnson and sue composting extract sistem pholyier spray would help the health of the soil to help it defend from pests and build strength against drought and infiltratetion pits with trees leaves grasses in them up hill of growth helps nutrients and good Fungal growth 👍🤘
If you want to bring down pH composting is the key
Ja die bogrond en ondergrond is n interresante een.
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we are tending to erosion gullies
This channel is very underrated. Great work guys.
great stuff. greets from Portugal.
Excellent thoughts
The large flows, floods , are necessary for the environment. Catching them will in itself change the downstream river flows
Pictures of the Johnson and sue composting sistem and it's location please 👍✌️
If the Regenerative community get more and more into direct sales they will generate the cash to overpower the reluctants and begin the rehydration of Australia. Dr. Jehne was quite clear, deserts create heat vortices that repel rain so the very idea that this is a dry continent can eventually be dismissed. Between the plough and the fire stick humans have made this continent largely barren but it can be reversed and innovations like these will be extremely helpful.
Mark Tupman 1 second ago Following this webinar, we have found out that the total sugar levels include all forms of sugar in the plant sap. The EC levels on the are an indication of total ionic nutrients. Brix readings, on the other hand, are indicative of both total sugars and total ionic nutrients. Remember that high levels of things like potassium or sodium can spike EC levels so higher Brix readings don’t always correlate with high sugar levels or a good nutritional profile.
@Mark Tupman. Many thanks for this. I have just emailed your office for the Nutrient mobility in plants sheet and any other open source information. I'm a smallholder in South Africa trying to learn about interpreting sap analysis and found this webinar to be one of the best i have come across so far. Many thanks indeed for the insights.
I should have written: the best vid i have come across. Unfortunately, my sap did not provide a total sugar level analysis
Thank u for info sheets
Hi, Can you provide book title re fungi ids @44mins. Much appreciated!
Brilliant! Thank you.
Pt 1: Brilliant work, the mulch was thick and doing its job, a soil whisperer. Not too many 'trials' just find out what works and apply those that can be done. Pt 2: Companion planting is almost a must for soil recovery, the synergy is all but guaranteed and subsequent usage needs to follow on/augment what has been achieved. No mention of 12-16 way cover crops to bridge between cash crops? Neither the aggressive use of compost sprays on any growth to power up the root penetration and access to minerals through aggregation. Does Soils for Life keep any figures on the penetration/acceptance of Regen Ag? Australia should be higher than the world average of 12.5%.
Awesome!
Regenerative Agriculture is the prescription for pastoral care of our planet. It can reclaim deserts permanently, improve nutrition and food availability, mitigate floods and droughts, clean up the water in our dams and rivers and preserve habitats and ecosystems. It is the complete answer to the climate change hysteria. *It is still not government policy.* It has the highest goal, Quality in every aspect which is also lower stress for the farmer, a remarkable development. Australians are leaders in the Science, Innovations, Practitioners, etc. Jehne, Jones, Massey, Seis, Maynard, Marsh, Andrews, Maslin, Haggerty, to name but a few. Well worth the deep dive, especially for parents of school-scared youngsters.
ps: the use of compost extracted sprays is the sign of a farmer who truly understands their role, however extract from BEAM has a higher fungal component. 8:01
30% of mulching/ legume nitrogen fixing Tree's increase yeald per acre do the math it's a lot?
Mulching Nitrogen fixing fungal fixing legume growing trees on the small bit of less predictive soil on those banks if you are worryed about over growth slash it onto the bare conture trenches for more mulching and fungal/ microbe fixing ?
It would be interesting to see the 30% tree cover of tree legumes on conture nitrogen fungal/water infiltration/ composting pits in-between the crop's and maybe Haringtons /Johnson and sue composting extract additive sistem too increase yeald per acre might be worth a think ?
Is there a empty shed on the farm ?